The Mumbai International Airport received a ‘threat’ mail indicating to blow up Terminal 2 of the airport, said the Mumbai police. the sender of the email has demanded $1 million in Bitcoin within the span of 48 hours to avoid the blast in Terminal 2.
The police have registered a case against an unknown person for sending the threat mail using the email id – [email protected].” Reportedly, the mail was sent to the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) feedback inbox at around 11 AM on Thursday.
The threat mail read, “Subject: Blast. Text: This is a final warning to your airport. We will blast Terminal 2 within 48 hours unless one million dollars in Bitcoin are transferred to the address. Another alert will be after 24 Hrs.”
Following the threat mail, a case has been registered against an unknown person under the various IPC sections.